New Duck House!

[Bill83]

In warm weather I love using PDZ sand. And sometimes I put pine shavings in top of it.

yeah we are in nj i see that some people say not to use sand in nj because it will freeze

 

[Cayuga momma]

Mine will freeze in 30°F weather, but that's in the dead of winter. In summer it's awesome. It helps keeps the flies away too.

 

[LilyLoo]

What a beautiful coop I love it! You did such a nice job. However you finish just make sure that no predators can dig under and into your coop. I dug down 6 inches and layed chicken wire over the entire bottom and attached it up to the inside wire. However when I added the pond I wished I had planned that area better. But we worked it out eventually lol

 

[Bill83]

What a beautiful coop I love it! You did such a nice job. However you finish just make sure that no predators can dig under and into your coop.

I was reading that if you just lay 2-3 feet of fencing flat on the ground about 2-3 inches down and attach to bottom of the exterior it keeps things from digging in. I was also thinking about just putting a bed of river rocks along the whole perimeter of it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Do I have to do anything special for nesting boxes? If I have females and they want to lay eggs will they nest in the house or outside in the run ? I could always add a nesting box to the house on the backside if need be.

My Ducks lay their eggs right in their bedding. I use deep shaving and they dig out their nest and lay.

 

[Jbum]

Looks great!

 

[Callender Girl]

What a lovely house! My ducks would be jealous!!!

Mine live in a large, modified chicken tractor, wrapped completely in hardware cloth for safety; the adjacent chicken areas all have hardware cloth attached to the base of their coops and/or runs, with square patio blocks or bricks on top of it. Well, all but one coop -- and that's the raised one in my avatar; that thing is built like Fort Knox (and was nearly as costly!).

As far as nesting, my runners make indentations in the straw bedding and leave eggs there. Or, they lay them on top of the bedding. Or, they simply drop them on the ground wherever they are. I hope yours are more consistent!

Great construction job!!

 

[quackiemama]

Very nice. Lucky duckys! I use pine shavings in the run which I have no issues with. My ladies usually lay in their house which I have a deep bedding of more pine shavings. They love to bury those eggs

 

[Thunderduck9]

Great house,but miller lite really LOL with a nice house like that they should be drinking Yingeling

 

[Bill83]

Great house,but miller lite really LOL with a nice house like that they should be drinking Yingeling

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